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So What About That Acrylamide In Your French Fries?

Acrylamide
falls into a category of chemicals that can make a physician-scientist
shudder. Over twenty years ago, laboratory researchers (as I was,
then), including some less careful, put on gloves before pouring
acrylamide gels to analyze proteins. We all knew it was a
neurotoxin. We heard stories, like those of some researchers in
California who were apparently poisoned by acrylamide spiked in their coffee.